Garment hanger



Dec. 17, 1946. P. E. DUBBE v GARMENT .HANGER Filed Aug. 9, 1944 Patented Dec. 17, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARR/IEN T HANGER Paul Emil Dubbe, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application August 9, 1944, Serial No. 548,709

n 7 Claims. 1

This invention relates to garment hangers, and more particularly to a garment supporting attachment which can be readily placed upon a supporting member, having the usual hook. Among the salient objects of the invention are:

To provide an attachment which can be held adjustably and yieldingly upon 9, supporting bar to provide means. for supporting variousI garments thereon; to provide in such an attachment an opening through which the supporting bar can be inserted which is larger in cross section than said bar, with yielding, friction forming elements therein to bear upon the bar, and thus yieldingly and frictionally hold said attachment in adjusted position thereon; to p-rovide an attachment having a split or bifurcated end, with spring means therefor, whereby the bifurcated ends can be sprung apart and placed over a garment to be held therebetween; to p-rovide an attachment of the character referred to with shoulder-like formation for holding a garment placed thereupon; to provide a hook-like portion as a part of said device, or attachment, to conveniently hold the straps or cords of garments, even though said garments are not placed over the body of the attachment in the usual manner; and, in general, to provide a simple, practical and economical attachment, or device, which can be applied to most any garment supporting hanger bar.

I have illustrated my invention in one practical form on the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a View showing my invention in its several uses;

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Figure 3 is an end view of the hanger and attachment thereon; and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view, through the attaching end of the attachment.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the well known hanger bar is designated 5, with the usual hook 5. This may be of dilTerent forms and sizes.

The invention is illustrated in the attachment or device designated as a whole 'I, and having a somewhat rectangular head or body portion 8, having therethrough an opening 9, provided therein with a plurality of yieldingly projecting fingers or prongs, I0, Il), adapted to yield and to be bent over, as indicated, to permit the insertion of the supporting bar 5, thus frictionally andyet yieldingly holding the device on the bar in any adjusted position. It will be noted that the direction of the ilexed prongs or iingers I il, is such as to make more diiiicult the slipping of the device on said bar toward the end thereof.

The top of said head or body is provided with a hook or holding finger, as II, opening toward the higher side when in place on the bar. This is convenient for holding the strap or cord II of a garment, as indicated at the left on Fig. 1.

The lower end of said device or attachment 'I, is provided therein with a spring loop, as I2, andis split or bifurcatedas shown in Fig.A 2, and on the adjacent faces of the parts are provided with little knobs, as I3, or ridges, whereby to frictionally hold a garment I4, as trouser ends, inserted therebetween, to be suspended therefrom, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2. The lower end of said device extends downwardly and outwardly to form a shoulder-like support 8' for garments, and is notched, as at I5, to prevent slipping of garment In Fig. 1, in light broken lines, I have shown how the attachment can be reversed on the supporting bar 5, to project upwardly like a horn, over which garments can be hung, if desired.

Thus I have provided a very simple, durable and economical supporting element or attachment which can be applied to diierent kinds and sizes of supporting or hanger bars, for holding a plurality of different garments on one hanger. I am aware that changes in details can be made in the showing here made for illustrative purposes without departing from the real heart of the invention, and I do not, therefore, limit the invention to these details, except as I may be limited by the hereto appended claims.

I claim:

1. A garment hanger attachment consisting of a body having an opening through its upper end to receive said hanger, said opening being larger than said hanger and having yieldable friction prongs in said opening bearing at their ends on said hanger, whereby said attachment can be adjusted thereon, the lower end of said attachment being bifurcated and spring pressed for holding a garment therein.

2. Attachment elements to be mounted on a garment hanger, each consisting of a body with an opening therein through which the end of said hanger can be inserted, with yieldable friction prongs in said opening to bear at their ends on said hanger, for holding said attachment in adjusted position thereon, said attachments being formed with shoulder-like outer sides to hold a garment placed thereon.

3. Attachment elements to be mounted on a garment hanger, each consisting of a body with an opening therein through which the end of said hanger can be inserted, with yieldable friction prongs in said opening to bear on said hanger, for holding said attachment in adjusted position thereon, said attachments being formed with shoulder-like outer sides to hold a garment placed thereon, the lower ends of said bodies being bifurcated and normally spring closed for holding garments pinched therebetween.

4. Attachment members to be mounted on a garment hanger bar, each consisting of a body of rubber-like material with an opening therethrough larger than the hanger bar to receive an end of said hanger bar, with integral, yielding friction parts in said opening bearing on said hanger for holding said attachment in adjusted position thereon, said bodies having their outer opposite sides of shoulder form to hold a garment thereon, and having integrally formed hooks on their tops for holding straps in the manner indicated.

5. Attachment members to be mounted on a garment hanger, each consisting of a body of rubber-like material with an opening therethrough to receive an end of said hanger, with integral, yieldingfriction parts in said opening bearing on said hanger for holding said attachment in adjusted position thereon, said bodies having their outer opposite sides of shoulder form to hold a garment thereon, and having integrally 4 formed hooks on their tops for holding straps in the manner indicated, the lower end s of said bodies being bifurcated and normally spring closed for holding garments pinched therebetween.

6. The combination with a garment hanger bar, of a pair of holding elements adjustable thereon and each comprising a body with an opening therethrough to receive said hanger bar, said openings having therein, to bear on said hanger bar, a yielding, friction-furnishing element, and the body having a depending, bifurcated portion, provided therein with a spring loop, the ends of said spring loop being within the ends of said bifurcated portions, whereby said bifurcated ends yieldingly hold garments therebetween.

V7. A garment holder to be placed on the end of a hanger bar, said holder being made of rubber-like material with an opening therein to receive the hanger bar, and having integral prongs in said opening to engage and frictionally hold said holder in adjusted positions, said holder having a depending portion, bifurcated and having a spring loop imbedded therein with its ends in the ends of said bifurcated portions, to give yielding and frictional holding quality thereto, for holding a garment therebetween.

PAUL EMIL DUBBE. 

